Combination milk and letter box.



' F; SZANISZ'L O. COMBINATION MILK AND LETTER BOX.

APPLICATION FlLED OCT.5,1918;

l 296,7 1 2 Patented Mar. '11, 1919.-

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IN VE/V TOR fiazzZylkajzwzZa 1; ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK SZANISZLO, OF CLEVELAND, CHIC.

COMBINATION MILK AND LETTER BOX.

, Tola lllwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK SzANIsaLo, a subject of the King of Hungary, residing at Cleveland, county of Guyahoga, and

State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination 'Milk and Letter Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements incombined milk and letter boxes and particularly to types adapted to be disposed exteriorly of a dwelling and suited to receive letter or other mail, and packages, such as milk bottles, as delivered by carriers during the absence of the occupants of the dwelling.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a container which, immediately upon the entry of the parcel, becomes automatically locked and remains in a locked position until such time. as the side entrance thereto has beenopened.

A further object is to provide devices whereby the container becomes automati cally looked, upon the closing of. the lid,.the side door being" provided with a lock ,of

Ipermutative character. i

These and other like objects are attained by the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and'shown 1n the accompanying drawings, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which Figure 1 isa front elevational view showing a container made in accordance with the invention.

Fig.2 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary transverse sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2,'and

Fig. 4 is a similar fragmentary sectional view showing the cover in a raised position and the operative parts engaged therewith.

Referring to the drawings, the container.

will be seen to have a solid base 10, from which rise side and end walls respectively 11 and 12, that at the front being provided with a door 14, secured by hinges 15, longitudinal openings 16, being formed through the front wall 12 of the container below the rear wall12, and formed internally'of the container is a vertical partition 20, having "an integrally formed top 21, the same inclosing a chamber 22, adapted to receive mail inserted through the elongated slots 16,

Specification of Iietters latent. Pat t QMa 1.1 1919.

7 Application filed October 5," 1918. Serial No. 256,957.

being likewise formed in the periphery of another disk 31, provided with a stem which extends through the door 14, and has engagedupon its outer end an operating knob 32.

Circumjacent to the stem is a sleeve 33,

to which the disk 28 is attached upon one side and a similar disk 34 upon the other, outer side, immediately adjacent to the knob 32, both of which bear numerals upon their surfaces so that the recesses formed-in the pair of disks28 and 31 can be brought into alinement and released from the lug 27 when. it is desired toopen the door 14.

Secured upon a bracket 36, rising from the bottom plate 10, is a pivoted lever 38, one

' ofits ends extending. toward the compartperiphery of a disk 28, a similar recess 30' 1 ment or chamber22 and suited to receive a,

package, as the milk bottle 40,.theadjacent end-of the lever 38,.normally resting uponv a raised block 41, whilethe opposite end has pivoted to it the lower end of a rod 43. This rod 43, extends vertically upward closely adjacent to the rear'wall 12 and is guided in brackets 44 near its upper and lower ends. 7

The extreme upper end of the rod is bent outwardly, as at 46', the vertical portion extending parallel with the main rod 43, and similarly engaged by brackets 47, is'a horizontally disposed bar 48, immediately below the lower surface of the hinged cover 18, and provided with a parallel lower, downturned portion, 49 with which the vertical element 46 is adapted to contact when the cover is in a closed position.

due to the pressure of a coiled compression spring 50, arranged at its outer end, and secured to the extreme front end of the bar 48, are a pair of spring hooks 52 adapted, when the cover is closed, to engage with a fixed lug 53 setin the inner surface of the door 14 near its upper edge.

This bar 48 is normally pressed rearwardly In operation, the chamber 22 may be closed by the door 14, and held inan engaged position due to the permutative features of the look as hereinbefore described, permitting mail to be entered through the openings 16, Where it Will'be safely conplaced upon the platform lever38, at its outer end, whereupon the end is depressed and the vertical bar 4P3 raised so that when the cover 1S, is lowered: into" an operative" position, the elements 46 and 49 engage,

forcing the bar &8 forward and causing the spring hooks 32 to engage with the fixed projection 53, thus locking the cover in po-' sition;

In order to obtain access to the interior of the container it is first necessary to manipulate the permutation lock and open'the door= 14,2 whereupon the cover 18 can beraisedin a manner which will be 'clearly understood:

Having-thus "described my invention what I' claim as new and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is

1'. In a'deviceof the classdescribed, the

combination with a hollow rectangular con-- tamer, partltions, forming two compart-' ments therein, means for entering articles into the smaller of said compartments, aside door on said smaller compartment, lock'arranged thereon, alever hlngedly: engaged inthe main compartment of said'container, a verticalrodzoperated by theaction of said levena cover hinged over saidcontainer-,*a

rod slid'ably engaged at the lowerside of i said' cover,= operatlve' connections between said rods when said: cover is III QL'lOWQIG Cl 2. In a device of theeclass described, the

combination with a hollow rectangular on tainer and compartments formedtherein, of

a doorhinged to the side of said container' 7 through wvhich 'entryqmay be had to either of said compartments, a permutative lock on said door, a cover hingedover saidcontainer,

a rod' sl-idabl y engaged with the-lower side:

of said cover, means for' normally pressing said rod rearwardly',-a lug fixed in the upper surface" of said side door, spring elements carried by said-rod engageable with said.

lug,=and meansjfor actuatingsaid rod by the entry of an artlcle to'oii'e'of saidcompart ments:

3:111 a" deviceof the class'described, the'i combination with a hollow rectangular 0on tamer, compartments f0rmed=there1n,-a door hingedly engaged atthe froiit'of said container through whichaccessmay beh'a'dto either of said compart1nents, means for: lock-.

ing said door', 1means for the inlet'o-f mail through the" side .walls" of said container to" one" ofsald' compartments, a'- lever pivotedly engaged on the bottom of said container, at

Verticalrod slidably engaged" in said con; tamer actuated by saldlever, atoVer-forsaid container, asl-idable bar engaged below-said cover, engagingmeansiformed'betweensaid bar; and rod,-a pair ofi spring; hooks engaged with said bari'at'the-front of sai'd'containei j' and a lug with which saidispringhook is'engageable, said lugbeing? rigidly secured" theuppe'r' edge of'said side door, e

In testimony whereof I haverafliired my? signature; 1 a t v ERANK'SZANISZIQOK 1 Washington, .D. C.

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